Azlefty: Supervision is not the issue,the issue is this piece of white trash is vying to be "Queen of Kentucky and and supervising her crotch spawn like they were in Compton!

This, so much this.

Do mothers in Compton not supervise their children? I'm just curious, it sounds like you are saying something about the kind of people that live in Compton. It sounds like Kentucky is a worse environment than Compton, just by this article.

feckingmorons:Furnishing a firearm to an unsupervised minor should be one of the crimes that disqualifies you from lawfully owning firearms. In many jurisdictions it is a felony and thus such a crime.

Agreed. The problem is that, in most southern states, as long as you have a parent's permission and are over 16, possession of a long arm in and of itself is NOT a crime. Unless it was a sawed off, or a 12-gauge pistol (they do exist, but they're rare), it's completely legal for me to give my hunting shotgun to my son or nephew, and send him out to kill a few deer, moose, or Cthulu Spawn. As a parent I don't have to be with you, provided you had my permission to take the gun and use it lawfully.

Also, anyone the age of 18 OR over with no criminal or mental health record can purchase a shotgun or long rifle, regardless of design. 21 is the minimum age for a handgun.

BronyMedic:feckingmorons: Furnishing a firearm to an unsupervised minor should be one of the crimes that disqualifies you from lawfully owning firearms. In many jurisdictions it is a felony and thus such a crime.

Agreed. The problem is that, in most southern states, as long as you have a parent's permission and are over 16, possession of a long arm in and of itself is NOT a crime. Unless it was a sawed off, or a 12-gauge pistol (they do exist, but they're rare), it's completely legal for me to give my hunting shotgun to my son or nephew, and send him out to kill a few deer, moose, or Cthulu Spawn. As a parent I don't have to be with you, provided you had my permission to take the gun and use it lawfully.

Also, anyone the age of 18 OR over with no criminal or mental health record can purchase a shotgun or long rifle, regardless of design. 21 is the minimum age for a handgun.

feckingmorons:Furnishing a firearm to an unsupervised minor should be one of the crimes that disqualifies you from lawfully owning firearms. In many jurisdictions it is a felony and thus such a crime.

Yup. Honestly, in most jurisdictions unintentionally furnishing an unsupervised minor with a firearm is a felony, within reasonable levels of liability. Even the misdemeanor version of the charge is on the list that prevents you from getting a license to carry concealed in most states, along with stuff like not paying your alimony or child support.

It should be a meritocracy. All citizens born should have the right not to be victimized by crime, the right to clean water, weather appropriate clothing and the right to basic foodstuffs. Everything else should be allowed only after a vetting process.You want to eat at a restaurant? You'd best prove you can handle it. You want a glass to drink from? Prove you can handle it. A bicycle? Prove you're responsible enough. Straight on down the line till we come to fully automatic chainsaw rocketlaunchers that auto-target old ladies by default. You'd best believe the license for one of those would be a biatch and a half to get and penalty for failure to use it properly would be the stuff of nightmares.

In rural Ohio where I grew up this would be called "Saturday". No one got hurt, and the guns weren't used to destroy property or rob anyone, so I'd rate this family about the safest gun owners around.

They didn't even catch the kids shooting mailboxes or stop signs from a moving car, or taking potshots at neighbors barns, common activities in my neighborhood. Not to mention shooting the crap out of every no trespassing and no hunting sign,

doglover:GreatGlavinsGhost: But, kids younger than that join the military.

And thus the hypocrisy of age limits is born.

It should be a meritocracy. All citizens born should have the right not to be victimized by crime, the right to clean water, weather appropriate clothing and the right to basic foodstuffs. Everything else should be allowed only after a vetting process.You want to eat at a restaurant? You'd best prove you can handle it. You want a glass to drink from? Prove you can handle it. A bicycle? Prove you're responsible enough. Straight on down the line till we come to fully automatic chainsaw rocketlaunchers that auto-target old ladies by default. You'd best believe the license for one of those would be a biatch and a half to get and penalty for failure to use it properly would be the stuff of nightmares.

I don't see why people are surprised by this. Why do people believe teachers are better than the average person? From my personal observations, I have concluded that whack-jobs, weirdos, gold bricks, pervs make up a higher percentage of teaching faculty than are found in the general public.

doglover:GreatGlavinsGhost: But, kids younger than that join the military.

And thus the hypocrisy of age limits is born.

It should be a meritocracy. All citizens born should have the right not to be victimized by crime, the right to clean water, weather appropriate clothing and the right to basic foodstuffs. Everything else should be allowed only after a vetting process.You want to eat at a restaurant? You'd best prove you can handle it. You want a glass to drink from? Prove you can handle it. A bicycle? Prove you're responsible enough. Straight on down the line till we come to fully automatic chainsaw rocketlaunchers that auto-target old ladies by default. You'd best believe the license for one of those would be a biatch and a half to get and penalty for failure to use it properly would be the stuff of nightmares.

What... What would be the proper use of fully automatic chainsaw rocketlaunchers that auto-target old ladies by default in your meritocracy?

Also, the problem with meritocracies is that they breed corruption. See India.